Hey Doc. Can I talk to you for a few minutes? Some things I've noticed are bothering me. I was wondering if they might be bothering you too? So, first, let's say my teen binge watches Tik Tok, lnstagram, and YouTube videos about Tourette's syndrome and suddenly develops tics. What would you do? If I brought my teen to see you and my teen said "I have Tourette's!", would you affirm his self-diagnosis? Would you say to yourself, I usually only see Tourette's syndrome in children but here is this 15 year old adolescent before me and he says he has Tourette's. I will immediately affirm this poor boy's Tourette's syndrome so that he does not feel stigmatized by these tics.
Great essay. It made me think, wow, imagine how powerful it must feel for our kids to be able to direct the doctors on how to speak to them. These are kids who struggle with other control-related issues, such as eating disorders. What an ego trip to get doctors tripping over themselves to call you by the preferred name and pronouns. It is vile.
The sooner the kids realize it, too! Once those patients/clients/students move on, they cease to be the responsibility of the professionals. It’s the parents who are there for the long haul.
This letter should be mailed to all doctors and therapists. It’s sad we can’t even depend on those who can truly help our children in these hard times.
Excellent!
Brilliantly written. Thank you for speaking out against these crimes of our medical professionals.
Great essay. It made me think, wow, imagine how powerful it must feel for our kids to be able to direct the doctors on how to speak to them. These are kids who struggle with other control-related issues, such as eating disorders. What an ego trip to get doctors tripping over themselves to call you by the preferred name and pronouns. It is vile.
They don't love our kids: the doctors, therapists, teachers. The sooner we wrap our minds around that, the better.
The sooner the kids realize it, too! Once those patients/clients/students move on, they cease to be the responsibility of the professionals. It’s the parents who are there for the long haul.
Very true
This letter should be mailed to all doctors and therapists. It’s sad we can’t even depend on those who can truly help our children in these hard times.